“The most important thing regardless of my stats or anybody else's stats is the win-loss record. In the locker room people are always telling me, you're doing this and that. I don't really pay that much attention so long as we have a 'W' in that column; that's the kind of thing that makes me really happy. It blows all stats out of the water.” PeopleKindLongImportantWinningWaterLossRoomsPayAttentionRecordsImportant ThingsBlowColumnsReally HappyLockersLocker Room Author:Dhani Jones
“At first, when California started winning its water lawsuits and shutting off cities, the displaced people just followed the water-right to California. It took a little while before the bureaucrats realized what was going on, but finally someone with a sharp pencil did the math and realized that taking in people along with their water didn't solve a water shortage.” PeopleFirstsLittlesWinningWaterCitiesSolveMathCaliforniaPencilsShortageBureaucratsLawsuitSharp Pencils Book:Pump Six and Other Stories Source: Pump Six and Other Stories
“The conventional wisdom is often wrong. Crime didn't keep soaring in the 1990s, money alone doesn't win elections, and - surprise - drinking eight glasses of water a day has never actually been shown to do a thing for your health. Conventional wisdom is often shoddily formed and devilishly difficult to see through, but it can be done.” DonePainWinningDifficultWaterCrimeElectionDrinkingSurpriseGlassesEightTherapyInjuryConventionalSoarConventional Wisdom Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Every day I wrote in my journal: "How am I going to win today?" So that when the guys are talking about water-boarding I'm telling them they haven't even got the right towels.” TodayGuyWinningWaterTalkingHavensJournalTowels Author:Tina Fey
“Winning awards is great. Everyone wants to put a feather in their cap but for me the ultimate validation comes when you're standing on top of a peak and the weather's moving in and you're trying to manage logistics with your client, whether its food, water, shelter, and really there's only one constant out there: I know the last person I'm going to get to take care of is myself, so my gear has got to work. I take a lot of pride in knowing Eddie Bauer makes the best gear out there.” KnowsWantTryingPersonsCareLastsMovingWinningWaterKnowingPrideStandingUltimateConstantTake CareWeatherManageAwardsShelterClientsFeathersCapsGearsValidationMoving InLogisticsWinning Awards Author:Reggie Crist
“Winning the men's confidence requires much of a commander. He must exercise care and caution, look after his men, live under the same hardships, and-above all- apply self discipline. But once he has their confidence, his men will follow him through hell and high water.” MenLooksSelfCareWinningWaterHellHe ManDisciplineExerciseHardshipSelf DisciplineCautionCommanders Author:Erwin Rommel